- ThatSlacker
- May 25, 2004
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I think I'm one of five people in the world that doesn't use a cell phone as an alarm clock. I've been looking for a very specific alarm clock for a while now and if anyone can help it's probably this group. I want an alarm clock that has these features:
- Runs off of batteries. More than once I would have missed work when the power went out had I not had a battery powered alarm clock.
- Can set an alarm per day. I wake up at different times on different days and it would be nice to set an alarm that has seven separate alarms - not just weekdays and weekends.
- Doesn't beep with each button press. Seriously there are a number of alarm clocks that do this and I have no idea why. Why would someone want something that beeps every single time you hit a button?
- Simple and reliable. This is one part of why I don't use a cell phone. I don't want something that is going to lock up in the middle of the night and not wake me up.
- A backlight. I often wake up in the middle of the night and want to see what time it is. Without an easy to use backlight I have to turn on a light.
- A snooze button I like having the option of sleeping for another 5-10 minutes
Features I don't want:
- A radio
- A wake-up light. My wife often gets up at a different time than I do which means I can't have something that's lighting up the room
- Continuous backlight. I don't need the thing glowing in my face all night
For reference this is what I'm currently using:
http://www.amazon.com/Salton-47539-Westclox-Celebrity-Glo-Clox/dp/B00013K772
It's almost perfect. However it has two main faults:
- At times when I try to set the alarm while also using the backlight it freaks out and won't show me the alarm time. This is the main reason I'm looking for a new one.
- It only does one alarm per day which means I have to set the alarm time pretty much every night
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- ThatSlacker
- May 25, 2004
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If you are willing to use your cell phone as a alarm I would suggest "caynax alarm"
The phone has a battery.
You can specify a variety of different alarms. I work a 10 day week 2 days 2 swings 2 Mids and 4 days off
I have been using it for 3 years with out a problem.
Customize your snooze time and number of times you can snooze.
When it goes off it has a mostly black background so it is not too bright
Can fade in the sound so it starts quiet and gets louder.
No beeps when you hit snooze or dismiss.
Honestly I'm trying to simplify things. If I forget my phone anywhere or lose it I've out my alarm clock along with my phone. I also have to remember to pull my phone up to the bedroom every night and I'm notoriously unreliable in those sorts of things.
I realize that I'm the really, really small minority in this though.
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Jan 5, 2015 03:47
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- ThatSlacker
- May 25, 2004
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Alarm clocks-
I used to use a Neverlate 7-day Alarm Clock but they seem to be discontinued and don't exactly fit your criteria.
I now use Gentle Alarm on my phone since it's sitting there charging anyway. It works great and has more useful features/options than any alarm clock I've ever had.
That NeverLate Executive looks like it might be close enough. Checking that out now. Thanks!
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Jan 5, 2015 03:48
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- ThatSlacker
- May 25, 2004
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This. I have a Concept 2 Model B. They stopped making them in 1993 which means my rower is at a minimum 23 years old. It still works like a champ.
Sadly because of that they're silly expensive even when they're used.
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